Suicide, no less. Laughter can't work for everyone. His life was so fucked up. Heavy drug use and alcoholism in the 70s-80s, multiple rehab visits, two terrible and highly publicized divorces... I guess it all just caught up to him and he couldn't handle it. It's really a damn shame. He was not only one of my favorite comedians, but one of my favorite actors as well.
Tonight, I will be watching some movies in honor of Robin Williams:
Dead Poets Society,
Bicentennial Man,
and Mrs. Doubtfire.